Leaves of Grass: The Death Bed Edition
by:
Walt Whitman (author)
In response to Ralph Waldo Emerson's call for the United States to have its own unique poet, Walt Whitman rose to the challenge to create what would ultimately be his most profound work. Taking its title from the colloquial term "grass", meaning a work of minor value, Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"...
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In response to Ralph Waldo Emerson's call for the United States to have its own unique poet, Walt Whitman rose to the challenge to create what would ultimately be his most profound work. Taking its title from the colloquial term "grass", meaning a work of minor value, Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" is anything but that. Over his lifetime Whitman would continue to expand and revise his most famous book up until his death in 1892. Here in this volume we have reproduced the last edition, commonly referred to as "The Death Bed Edition".
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781420931792 (1420931792)
Publish date: January 1st 2008
Publisher: Digireads.com
Pages no: 364
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
American,
Classic Literature,
Adult,
College,
19th Century,
Poetry,
Banned Books,
Fiction
Impregnato di Natura, essere etereo, anima, realtà. La mia rivelazione. ♥
Walt Whitman was a visionary, a tolerant and kind man, who spoke out about injustices and did not allow himself to conform. Looking into the soul of human motivation and reaction, he purposefully chose everyday people to demonstrate his loftiest ideas. He had deep feelings about humanity's return to...
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up -- for you the flag is flung -- for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths -- for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; - Walt Whitman Excerpt from Memories of Preside...
Objasnio mi mene. Svaka kritika bi bila suvišna.
Poetry is conquering my heart, little by little.
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